Urgent ODNR email action, Flock out of Columbus, COTA service change meetings, and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: August 3rd, 2026

Hi friends, happy August and welcome to Good Works Columbus! Let’s get to it. Things you can do in person COTA Service Change MeetingsAugust 6th or August...

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A green gala supporting trees, participatory budgeting, input to Columbus’ energy standards for buildings, and more in this week’s newsletter buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: July 27th, 2026

Hi everyone, welcome to Good Works Columbus! Follow our Instagram account to see events and things during the week that may have missed the newsletter....

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My team and I just dropped the drafts of the Data Center legislation for the upcoming Public Utilities and Sustainability Hearing on Data Centers and Lead Service Lines! The Hearing will be on Wednesday, July 22 beginning at 5:30 P.M. in Council Chambers, City Hall (90 W. Broad St.) 🔗 Link in bio

City council committee hearing on data centers, participatory budgeting opportunities for you to voice how money should be spent in Columbus, plus more in this week’s newsletter! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: July 20th, 2026

Hi everyone, welcome to Good Works Columbus! Today is my birthday and I’m raising money for Transit Columbus. If you are able, please consider donating!...

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Lots of transit events in Columbus this week! Meet Doug and Sarah from @thewaroncars.bsky.social at tonight’s Seventh Son social, get your ticket to their “Life After Cars” talk tomorrow, and help shape COTA’s future at a short-range transit plan meeting this week buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: April 27th, 2026

Hi gang, welcome to Good Works Columbus, glad to have you here! Hope to see y’all tonight at the Life After Cars Meet & Greet hosted at Seventh Son as well...

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Ohio’s short 266,000 affordable homes for its most vulnerable renters. Today is COHHIO's Day of Giving. Our goal is 266 donations, 1 for every 1000 missing homes. Your donation supports advocacy necessary to build a future where every Ohioan can afford a place to live secure.qgiv.com/for/20daogivi/

You can submit written testimony to council to oppose the horrible NWSL deal. Here’s my testimony below ⬇️ www.columbus.gov/Government/C...

Send a letter to Columbus City Council telling them to vote NO on this horrible deal 🙅🏻‍♂️ actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Columbus City Council: Save McCoy Park, no to the billionaires giveaway

It's absurd that while funding for our schools is being cut, Columbus City Council (and the Franklin County Commissioners) are considering subsidizing the Haslams' bid for a women's soccer team with $...

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Matter News@matternews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors writes Rachel Wenning. matternews.org/voices/local...

After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors writes Rachel Wenning. matternews.org/voices/local...

Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility – Matter News

After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for t...

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These gas prices are too high to be putting these massive transit improvements in jeopardy.

Truro Township is trying to propose a resolution to kill the E Main Street BRT. We wish we were joking. Especially if you live in Truro Township or Reynoldsburg, call/email the trustees and let them know you support the BRT!

Did you know there is an election coming up on May 5? Make sure you and your neighbors are registered to vote! The deadline to register to vote or update your voter registration for the May Primary is Monday, April 6. Register to vote, check your voter registration or update it at VoteOhio.gov

Friends and Families for Safe Streets Columbus is hosting a vigil for pedestrian traffic deaths tonight, Monday March 30th from 5-6pm at Columbus City Hall (90 W Broad) Meet at the Front St entrance and bring signs

If you want to know how we got here, @transitcolumbus.org book club is reading “Killed By A Traffic Engineer” for our April meeting (4/29, 7pm at main library meeting room 3B) If you want to know how to advocate and make meaningful change, join Transit Columbus at our next monthly general meeting

6 pedestrians have died in Columbus so far in 2026. It doesn’t have to be like this abc6onyourside.com/news/local/p...

Pedestrian killed in crash in North Columbus

One person is dead after being hit by a car in north Columbus late Friday night.

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Sarah Schulman author event with Stacy Jane Grover at Thurber House on Thursday, March 26 at 6:30pm

Andy Downing@andydowning33.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“The purpose of the book is to try and make solidarity more doable. And my approach is to strip away concepts of heroism and perfection. ... If we can reconceptualize solidarity as a series of errors and self-criticisms and changing paths, I think it becomes something much less scary for people.”

Columbus Metropolitan Library workers are proud of their jobs, proud of their co-workers, and proud of their union! They began wearing union pins this week as they continue to organize for their union election later this spring!

Tonight! Our City Our Say Petition Signature Launch, plus Green Drinks happy hour, Great Columbus Arts Council Community Grant Reviewer, and tell Columbus City Council NO FLOCK and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: March 23rd, 2026

Hi gang, welcome back to Good Works Columbus. Check out the new events and links below. Things you can do in person Our City Our Say Petition Signature...

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Tonight! Our City Our Say Petition Signature Launch, plus Green Drinks happy hour, Great Columbus Arts Council Community Grant Reviewer, and tell Columbus City Council NO FLOCK and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: March 23rd, 2026

Hi gang, welcome back to Good Works Columbus. Check out the new events and links below. Things you can do in person Our City Our Say Petition Signature...

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🔥It’s time for the first match-up of the FINAL FOUR of the best worst bus stop in Columbus.🔥 It’s the Ditch of Despair (State Rte 161 & Ambleside Dr) vs. Till Death Do Bus Part (2825 Olentangy River Rd). Cast your vote in the comments or quote post!

Also, a reminder that this related community conversation kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight at Two Dollar Radio HQ. Hope to see you there.

More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind. New from Elizabeth R. Blackburn.

‘I am not going to stand before God and say, well, I chickened out’: Reflections on building caring coalitions – Matter News

More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots...

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Don't miss our largest cleanup of the year this Saturday, March 21 at 10 AM launching from Wolfe Park!

We are in the FINAL COUNTDOWN to our KickButt Columbus cleanup this Saturday! The weather is looking good, and we are excited to see hundreds of volunteers across the city picking up cigarette butts, trash, and litter from highway ramps!

Join “Our City, Our Say” Monday, March 23rd at 7pm at the Columbus Main Library for a Petition Signature Launch and Training event Join us for a one-hour training to learn how you can help. actionnetwork.org/events/petit...

Petition Signature Launch and Training

All of us should have a say in decisions that impact our future. But today in Columbus, we have a rigged system where a small group of people control the future of our city. That’s why Our City Our S...

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Environmental advocacy training, a @matternews.bsky.social affordable housing conversation, a citywide trash pick, a couple survey, and more in this week’s newsletter 📰 buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: March 16th, 2026

Hi friends, welcome back to Good Works Columbus! I’ve got some new actions and some new links below. Hope y’all have a wonderful day! Things you can do in...

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My alma mater, Ohio State, is choosing a new president. There's a real fear that they'll jawbone through another MAGA lackey, when we want a transparent process. To that end, a petition to the Board of Trustees is circulating. Would love for people to sign it! actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

Transparent & Inclusive OSU Presidential Search

With the resignation of Ted Carter, the Ohio State University is searching for a new president at a time of deep distrust and skepticism about its leadership. Join the call for a transparent, inclusiv...

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Hi! We’re back in your inbox this week 😄 Columbus Housing and Opportunity workshop, Data Center informational hearing, a couple trash cleanups, and more in this week’s newsletter! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: March 9th, 2026

Hi gang, welcome back to Good Works Columbus! I’ve got some good actions and links below.If you’re over on Instagram give us a follow:...

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Hi! We’re back in your inbox this week 😄 Columbus Housing and Opportunity workshop, Data Center informational hearing, a couple trash cleanups, and more in this week’s newsletter! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...

Good Works Columbus: March 9th, 2026

Hi gang, welcome back to Good Works Columbus! I’ve got some good actions and links below.If you’re over on Instagram give us a follow:...

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And the details. We're grateful to our friends at Wild Goose Creative for hosting us!